# Issue following creating-a-new-module-gradle course **URL:** \ **Category:** Module Development\ **Created:** [January 9, 2024, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issue-following-creating-a-new-module-gradle-course/83973 "2024-01-09T15:16:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Heintzleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Ryan\_Heintzleman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ryan_Heintzleman)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issue-following-creating-a-new-module-gradle-course/83973/1 "2024-01-09T15:16:30Z")
Hello All, I was just following along [Creating a New Module (Gradle) Video at Inductive University](https://www.inductiveuniversity.com/video/creating-a-new-module-gradle), trying to make a new module starting point. I didn't have an issue building the scripting-function-g module from the previous video (in IntelliJ IDEA), but when I followed from command prompt 'gradlew.bat clean build' (run as admin), it gave me this error. As I'm pretty new to git / gradle (I don't even know where that log is? I tried running with --debug and --scan but wasn't sure what to look for), I'm not sure how to diagnosis what went wrong; so any help would be appreciated! ![gradlew.bat clean build issue](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/1/c/1c83f824ee3c06ba8750b882c516d018c73b4d72.png) ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issue-following-creating-a-new-module-gradle-course/83973/2 "2024-01-09T17:22:14Z")
"Internal compiler error" suggests just that - an internal compiler error 🙂 Try removing the `.gradle` folder in the project directory completely - it's just a cache, so it will be rebuilt the next time you `gradlew.bat build`. ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Heintzleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Ryan\_Heintzleman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ryan_Heintzleman)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issue-following-creating-a-new-module-gradle-course/83973/3 "2024-01-09T18:07:28Z")
Followed those instructions, trying both 'clean build' and 'build' (Is clean even required if I'm starting from a fresh clone of the tools?), both still failed with the same error message. ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issue-following-creating-a-new-module-gradle-course/83973/4 "2024-01-09T18:16:57Z")
Can you try with the --stacktrace option and copy the text output here? ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Heintzleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Ryan\_Heintzleman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ryan_Heintzleman)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issue-following-creating-a-new-module-gradle-course/83973/5 "2024-01-09T18:26:05Z")
See attached. I appreciate the help! [gradlew.bat clean build issue stacktrace.txt](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/uploads/short-url/iDlU0Gy1QXMEFH2ZTPUU15vwWm.txt) (27.5 KB) ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issue-following-creating-a-new-module-gradle-course/83973/6 "2024-01-09T18:27:15Z")
What Gradle version are you using, and what Java version are you using? ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Heintzleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Ryan\_Heintzleman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ryan_Heintzleman)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issue-following-creating-a-new-module-gradle-course/83973/7 "2024-01-09T18:29:45Z")
C:\Users[USER]\>gradle -v * * * ## Gradle 8.5 Build time: 2023-11-29 14:08:57 UTC Revision: 28aca86a7180baa17117e0e5ba01d8ea9feca598 Kotlin: 1.9.20 Groovy: 3.0.17 Ant: Apache Ant(TM) version 1.10.13 compiled on January 4 2023 JVM: 21.0.1 (Azul Systems, Inc. 21.0.1+12-LTS) OS: Windows 10 10.0 amd64 ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 6:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issue-following-creating-a-new-module-gradle-course/83973/8 "2024-01-09T18:30:38Z")
Try using a Java 17 runtime. ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Heintzleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Ryan\_Heintzleman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ryan_Heintzleman)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issue-following-creating-a-new-module-gradle-course/83973/9 "2024-01-09T18:43:12Z")
Can you remind me how to change where Gradle points at? I uninstalled 21 and installed 17. Both java -version and echo %JAVA\_HOME% are pointing at the correct location/version, but when I try a new build it immediately fails saying it tried the old -21\bin. I followed the video showing how to install Java, and added it to the Java Path, but apparently there's a missing link. ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Heintzleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Ryan\_Heintzleman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ryan_Heintzleman)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issue-following-creating-a-new-module-gradle-course/83973/10 "2024-01-09T18:54:20Z")
I went into the pointer location and removed the empty folder of -21. Apparently that's all it needed, as the build just worked no problems. Thanks @paul-griffith!